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.
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| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
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| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |