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turpitude

nounCommon GRE wordMore T words

depravity or wickedness of character or action

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Turpitude in a sentence

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He was disbarred for moral turpitude after defrauding his own clients.

Synonyms
depravitywickednessimmoralitybaseness
Antonyms
virtueintegritymorality

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The negotiator's reputation for blank served her well: rivals who tried to outwait her invariably found that she had already anticipated their stalling and arranged a fallback months in advance.

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More GRE words starting with T

tacit

understood or implied without being openly stated

taciturn

habitually reserved and uncommunicative in speech

tangential

only loosely relevant; diverging from the main point

tangible

perceptible by touch or concrete enough to be grasped

tangle

to twist together into a confused or knotted mass

tantamount

equivalent in effect or value to something else

tarnish

to dull or damage the luster, reputation, or purity of something

tautological

needlessly repeating an idea using different words

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Turpitude (noun) means depravity or wickedness of character or action
Here is turpitude used in an example sentence: "He was disbarred for moral turpitude after defrauding his own clients."
Common synonyms for turpitude include depravity, wickedness, immorality, baseness.
Antonyms of turpitude include virtue, integrity, morality.
Turpitude is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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