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 |
|---|---|
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |