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 |
|---|---|
| harass | exhaust |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| nexus | connection |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |