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 |
|---|---|
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| annuity | a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| exploit | deed |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |