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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WordMeaning
bizarrestrikingly out of the ordinary: such as
hallucinationa sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine)
benisonblessing
misogamya hatred of marriage
mauvea moderate purple, violet, or lilac color
unsulliednot soiled or tarnished : not sullied
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
substantialconsisting of or relating to substance