GRE Word List

TURPITUDE

inherent baseness : depravity

The meaning of the word turpitude is inherent baseness : depravity.

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WordMeaning
dilateto become enlarged or widened
ineptgenerally incompetent : bungling
habituateto make used to something : accustom
malefactorone who commits an offense against the law
idlenot occupied or employed: such as
facetany of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration)
shootto eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger)
discursivemoving from topic to topic without order : rambling
vagrantone who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support
imperilto bring into peril : endanger