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 |
|---|---|
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| gerontology | the comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults compare geriatrics |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |