GRE Word List
TURPITUDE
inherent baseness : depravity
The meaning of the word turpitude is inherent baseness : depravity.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| wreak | bring about |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |