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 |
|---|---|
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| compartment | a separate division or section |