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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campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
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sharda piece or fragment of a brittle substance
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quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
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gestateto carry in the uterus during pregnancy
discretionindividual choice or judgment
connoisseurexpert
whimsicalresulting from or characterized by whim or caprice