GRE Word List
PROBITY
adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness
The meaning of the word probity is adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trappings | outward signs |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| wreak | bring about |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| dire | exciting horror |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |