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 |
|---|---|
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |