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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |