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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WordMeaning
mayhemneedless or willful damage or violence
salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
encomiasticone that praises : eulogist
denizeninhabitant
incentivesomething that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action
reverendworthy of reverence : revered
dictuma noteworthy statement: such as
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
precariousdependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments
injuriousinflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental