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 |
|---|---|
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |