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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| colloquy | conversation |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |