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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| mischance | bad luck |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
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| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
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