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 |
|---|---|
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |