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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casteone of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes
mirewet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
inadvertentlyunintentional
exemplifyto show or illustrate by example
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
bateto reduce the force or intensity of : restrain
graphicof or relating to the pictorial arts
empiricaloriginating in or based on observation or experience
affluenceabundance of property : wealth
rotunditymarked by roundness : rounded