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 |
|---|---|
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |