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 |
|---|---|
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |