GRE Word List
VILIFY
to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame
The meaning of the word vilify is to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |