GRE Word List
APHORISM
a concise statement of a principle
The meaning of the word aphorism is a concise statement of a principle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| hap | happening |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| heed | to pay attention |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| ebullient | boiling |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |