GRE Word List
BESMIRCH
to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully
The meaning of the word besmirch is to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |