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 |
|---|---|
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| append | attach |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |