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 |
|---|---|
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |