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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| parlance | speech |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |