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 |
|---|---|
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| colloquy | conversation |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |