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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |