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 |
|---|---|
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |