GRE Word List
GNOME
maxim
The meaning of the word gnome is maxim.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |