SAT vocabulary
Insinuation
An unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad.
Example
"His insinuation that I was lying deeply offended me, as I had always been truthful."
Etymology
From Latin insinuationem 'an entering into the bosom of, an ingratiating', from insinuare 'to introduce by winding, to creep in'.
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