GRE Word List
GNOME
maxim
The meaning of the word gnome is maxim.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |