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 |
|---|---|
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |