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 |
|---|---|
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| waif | a stray person or animal |