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 |
|---|---|
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |