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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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 |