GRE Word List
ASPERSION
slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on
The meaning of the word aspersion is slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irrepressible | unable to be restrained or held back; impossible to hold back |
| corpuscle | red or white cell in the blood |
| austere | forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without comfort or enjoyment; severely simple and unornamented; Ex. a monk's austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the cathedral; N. austerity |
| alienate | make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of |
| adamant | hard; inflexible |
| nourishment | something that nourishes; food |
| straggle | stray or fall behind (a main group); spread out in a scattered group; Ex. straggling marathon racer; Ex. straggling branch |
| loft | room or space under the roof; attic |
| rift | narrow opening in a large mass; break in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in the clouds; OP. reconcilation |
| wage | begin and continue (a war) |
