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 |
|---|---|
| fleck | streak |
| guileless | innocent |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |