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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |