GRE Word List

RECTITUDE

the quality or state of being straight

The meaning of the word rectitude is the quality or state of being straight.

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WordMeaning
prosodythe study of versification
venalcapable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable
refuteto prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
perpetrateto bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit
refuseto express oneself as unwilling to accept
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
dynamogenerator
milieuthe physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment
preciseexactly or sharply defined or stated
obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined