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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| dire | exciting horror |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |