GRE Word List
LIBEL
a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought
The meaning of the word libel is a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| fructify | to bear fruit |