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 |
|---|---|
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |