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 |
|---|---|
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| quisling | traitor |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| facsimile | an exact copy |