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.
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| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| throes | pang |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |