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 |
|---|---|
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |