GRE Word List

APHORISM

a concise statement of a principle

The meaning of the word aphorism is a concise statement of a principle.

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malodoroushaving a bad odor
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
suspendto debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function
adamantunshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding
unilateraldone or undertaken by one person or party
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
commemorateto call to remembrance
prostratestretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
shamblesa meat market