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 |
|---|---|
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| scion | descendant |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |