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 |
|---|---|
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| thespian | actor |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |