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 |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| submissive | submitting to others |