GRE Word List
GNOME
maxim
The meaning of the word gnome is maxim.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |