GRE Word List
PERVERT
to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
The meaning of the word pervert is to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| faculty | ability |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| whimsy | whim |