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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morguea place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
contritefeeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc.
indisputablenot disputable : unquestionable
cullto select from a group : choose
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
masticateto grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew
sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
dissembleto hide under a false appearance
compulsivehaving power to compel