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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| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| bulk | magnitude |
| reckon | count |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |