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 |
|---|---|
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| bacchanal | orgy |
