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 |
|---|---|
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| 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 |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| aver | to declare positively |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |