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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| Word | Meaning |
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| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| ploy | escapade |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |