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 |
|---|---|
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| groom | bridegroom |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |