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 |
|---|---|
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |