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 |
|---|---|
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |