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 |
|---|---|
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |