Bucket 97 — Slander, Lies & Verbal Attacks

CSS/GRE Vocabulary Bucket — source theme preserved from the GRE 1000 Most Frequent Words Bucket List.

Aspersion

• Urdu: الزام، بدنام کرنے والی بات
• Meaning: an attack on someone's reputation or integrity
• Synonyms: slander, accusation
• Antonyms: praise, commendation
• ✍️ Use: The politician rejected the aspersions cast on his integrity.
• 🧠 Hook: Casting a bad version of the truth.

Calumny

• Urdu: جھوٹا بدنام کن الزام
• Meaning: a false and defamatory statement
• Synonyms: slander, defamation
• Antonyms: praise, tribute
• ✍️ Use: The journalist was sued over a calumny published in the newspaper.
• 🧠 Hook: A column of lies.

Libel

• Urdu: تحریری بدنامی
• Meaning: a published false statement that damages someone's reputation
• Synonyms: defamation, smear
• Antonyms: praise, correction
• ✍️ Use: The article was withdrawn after the editor discovered it contained libel.
• 🧠 Hook: A bad label put into print.

Slander

• Urdu: زبانی بہتان
• Meaning: a false spoken statement that harms someone's reputation
• Synonyms: defamation, aspersion
• Antonyms: praise, commendation
• ✍️ Use: The candidate accused his rival of spreading slander.
• 🧠 Hook: A spoken lie that damages reputation.