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 |
|---|---|
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |