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 |
|---|---|
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |