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 |
|---|---|
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |