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 |
|---|---|
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| environ | encircle |