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 |
|---|---|
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| whimsy | whim |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
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