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 |
|---|---|
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |