GRE Word List
GNOME
maxim
The meaning of the word gnome is maxim.
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| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |