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 |
|---|---|
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| deify | to make a god of |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |