depravity
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depravity (dɪˈprævɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -ties | |
| the state or an instance of moral corruption | |
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Depravity
is an SAT word you need to know.
So is captious. Does it mean:
| Apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. CAPTIOUSLY CAPTIOUSNESS kap-shuhs |
| to regard with intense aversion or loathing; abhor. |
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Example sentences
He and his excursions into depravity became the central and only theme of every story he wrote.
But determining moral depravity is harder than it sounds.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom.
We can recognize their depravity, but it is their cunning that ought to concern us.
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