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 |
|---|---|
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| sophist | philosopher |