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 |
|---|---|
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |