GRE Word List
TURPITUDE
inherent baseness : depravity
The meaning of the word turpitude is inherent baseness : depravity.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
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| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |