GRE Word List
MAXIM
a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct
The meaning of the word maxim is a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct.
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patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
rightful | just |
maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
predispose | to dispose in advance |
precipitant | precipitate |
proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
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circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
factious | of or relating to faction: such as |