GRE Word List
RIGHTEOUS
acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin
The meaning of the word righteous is acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abnegation | denial |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| defalcate | deduct |