GRE Word List
TURPITUDE
inherent baseness : depravity
The meaning of the word turpitude is inherent baseness : depravity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| hallowed | holy |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |