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 |
|---|---|
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| dingy | dirty |
| document | proof |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |