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 |
|---|---|
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| indite | make up |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |