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 |
|---|---|
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |