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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |