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 |
|---|---|
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |