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 |
|---|---|
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |