GRE Word List
CALUMNY
malicious misrepresentation; slander
The meaning of the word calumny is malicious misrepresentation; slander.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abscond | depart secretly and hide |
| discount | disregard; regard (a story or news) as unimportant; deduct from a cost |
| compliant | readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others; yielding; comforming to requirements |
| nominal | in name only; of a name; trifling; (of a sum of money) very small; CF. nominate: propose as a candidate; appoint |
| corporeal | bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible |
| inquisitive | eager for knowledge; unduly curious |
| skulk | move furtively and secretly; Ex. He skulked through the less fashionable sections of the city. |
| torrid | (of weather) hot or scorching; passionate; Ex. torrid love affairs |
| caucus | private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston |
| fiend | evil spirit; devil |