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 |
|---|---|
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| quisling | traitor |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |