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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fringean ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
subjectiveof, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as
wilyfull of wiles : crafty
disportsport
palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
dialecticalof, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
sonorousproducing sound (as when struck)
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner