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
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| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
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| sophist | philosopher |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
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| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |