GRE Word List
TURPITUDE
inherent baseness : depravity
The meaning of the word turpitude is inherent baseness : depravity.
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Word | Meaning |
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haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
dally | to act playfully |
embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
chafe | irritate |
exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
deprecate | to express disapproval of |
jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |