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 |
|---|---|
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| kismet | fate |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| crass | gross |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |