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 |
|---|---|
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |