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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carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
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repellentserving or tending to drive away or ward off
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