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 |
|---|---|
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |