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 |
|---|---|
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| flighty | swift |
| circlet | a little circle |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |