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.
Random words
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ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |