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 |
|---|---|
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| forlorn | bereft |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |