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 |
|---|---|
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |