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 |
|---|---|
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |