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 |
|---|---|
| prong | fork |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| finished | entirely done |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |