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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |