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 |
|---|---|
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| purported | reputed |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |