GRE Word List

GNOME

maxim

The meaning of the word gnome is maxim.

Random words

WordMeaning
disquietudeanxiety
expansivehaving a capacity or a tendency to expand
tenurethe act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office)
irremediablenot remediable
bungleto act or work clumsily and awkwardly
memorialserving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
extraneousexisting on or coming from the outside
cantthe expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments
tonsurethe Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head