GRE Word List

PERVERSE

turned away from what is right or good : corrupt

The meaning of the word perverse is turned away from what is right or good : corrupt.

Random words

WordMeaning
chasethe hunting of wild animals
tumultdisorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion
integralessential to completeness : constituent
torsothe human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk
choreographythe art of symbolically representing dancing
contaminateto soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
routa state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat
memoiran official note or report : memorandum
loathunwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant