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 |
|---|---|
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
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| quarry | game |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| chivalrous | valiant |