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 |
|---|---|
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
