GRE Word List
ASPERSION
a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation
The meaning of the word aspersion is a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
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| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |