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 |
|---|---|
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |