GRE Word List
CALUMNY
a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation
The meaning of the word calumny is a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation.
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| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| retiring | reserved |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
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