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 |
|---|---|
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
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| drama | a composition (see composition |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |