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.

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meretriciousof or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution
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backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
slaughterthe act of killing
porouspossessing or full of pores
politypolitical organization
mayhemneedless or willful damage or violence
egotismexcessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun
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