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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| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| render | to melt down |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |