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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
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| executor | one who executes something |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
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| cipher | zero |