GRE Word List
AXIOM
a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate
The meaning of the word axiom is a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| flighty | swift |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| drama | a composition (see composition |