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.
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| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| wry | twist |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| billow | wave |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
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| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |