GRE Word List
TURPITUDE
inherent baseness : depravity
The meaning of the word turpitude is inherent baseness : depravity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |