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 |
|---|---|
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |