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 |
|---|---|
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| conflagration | fire |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |