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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| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
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| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
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| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
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