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 |
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paradigm | example |
equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
overthrow | overturn |
ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |