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 |
|---|---|
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |