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 |
|---|---|
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |