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 |
|---|---|
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |