GRE Word List
PERJURY
the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing
The meaning of the word perjury is the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
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