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 |
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| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |