GRE Word List
CANARD
a false or unfounded report or story
The meaning of the word canard is a false or unfounded report or story.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| facade | the front of a building |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |