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
adjurationa solemn oath
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
mortara sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle
sinistersingularly evil or productive of evil
mettlevigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament
profusionlavish expenditure : extravagance
nominalof, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction
preemptto acquire (something, such as land) by preemption
executeto carry out fully : put completely into effect