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 |
|---|---|
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |