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 |
|---|---|
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| hortatory | hortative |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |