GRE Word List

PERTURB

to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet

The meaning of the word perturb is to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet.

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WordMeaning
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting
raspyharsh
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maraudto roam about and raid in search of plunder
prosperousauspicious
superimposeto place or lay over or above something
dirgea song or hymn of grief or lamentation
panderto act as a pander
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity