GRE Word List
CREDO
a guiding belief or principle : creed
The meaning of the word credo is a guiding belief or principle : creed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| query | question |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |