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 |
|---|---|
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| aria | air |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| debonair | suave |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |