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 |
|---|---|
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| score | twenty |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |