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 |
|---|---|
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |