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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| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |