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.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
sojourn | a temporary stay |
reaper | one that reaps |
dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |