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 |
|---|---|
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| cue | the letter q |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |