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 |
|---|---|
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| malediction | curse |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |