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 |
|---|---|
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| condign | deserved |
| impuissance | weakness |
| encumber | weigh down |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| chafe | irritate |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |