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.
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| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |