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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WordMeaning
providentfrugal
rostruman ancient Roman platform for public orators
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
veneera thin sheet of a material: such as
capsizeto cause to overturn
belieto give a false impression of
impaleto pierce with or as if with something pointed
prurientmarked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire
perspicuityplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
succumbto yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire