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
tranquillitythe quality or state of being tranquil
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
prescienceforeknowledge of events:
oculistophthalmologist
sultryvery hot and humid : sweltering
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
missivea written communication : letter
aggregateformed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective
falterto walk unsteadily : stumble
imputeto lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly