GRE Word List
TURPITUDE
inherent baseness : depravity
The meaning of the word turpitude is inherent baseness : depravity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |