GRE Word List
CAPSIZE
to cause to overturn
The meaning of the word capsize is to cause to overturn.
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|---|---|
| implication | something implied: such as |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
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| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
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