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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |