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 |
|---|---|
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| submerge | to put under water |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |