GRE Word List
DEPRAVITY
a corrupt act or practice
The meaning of the word depravity is a corrupt act or practice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |