GRE Word List
APHORISM
a concise statement of a principle
The meaning of the word aphorism is a concise statement of a principle.
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| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| brazen | made of brass |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |