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

WordMeaning
exegesisexposition
rendezvousa place appointed for assembling or meeting
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
mischancebad luck
refuteto prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
prolixityunduly prolonged or drawn out : too long
extortto obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring
corporealhaving, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as
antediluvianof or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
debauchto corrupt by intemperance or sensuality