GRE Word List
TURPITUDE
inherent baseness : depravity
The meaning of the word turpitude is inherent baseness : depravity.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| commune | talk over |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |