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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| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |