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 |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| abnegation | denial |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| inanimate | not animate: |