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 |
|---|---|
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |