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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |