GRE Word List
APOTHEGM
a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism
The meaning of the word apothegm is a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |