GRE Word List

TURPITUDE

inherent baseness : depravity

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

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preternaturalexisting outside of nature
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consortassociate
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animusa usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
petulantinsolent or rude in speech or behavior
maladya disease or disorder of the animal body
hibernateto pass the winter in a torpid or resting state