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 |
|---|---|
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |