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.

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WordMeaning
peddleto travel about with wares for sale
askancewith disapproval or distrust : scornfully
dramaa composition (see composition
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
unimpeachablenot impeachable: such as
recuperateto get back : regain
virtueconformity to a standard of right : morality
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
fortitudestrength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage
tingea slight staining or suffusing shade or color