GRE Word List
PERPETRATE
to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit
The meaning of the word perpetrate is to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |