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 |
|---|---|
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |