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 |
|---|---|
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| exegesis | exposition |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |