GRE Word List
VIRTUE
conformity to a standard of right : morality
The meaning of the word virtue is conformity to a standard of right : morality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |