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 |
|---|---|
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |