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 |
|---|---|
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |