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 |
|---|---|
| puerile | juvenile |
| sophist | philosopher |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |