GRE Word List
DEFAME
to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel
The meaning of the word defame is to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |