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 |
|---|---|
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |