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

WordMeaning
aplombcomplete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise
inductiveof, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
lunaticaffected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane
kudospraise given for achievement
mortara sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle
oratorone who delivers an oration
punitiveinflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment
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