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 |
|---|---|
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| forlorn | bereft |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |