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 |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |