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 |
|---|---|
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |