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 |
|---|---|
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| grate | grating |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| ebullient | boiling |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |