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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unfrock | defrock |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| ramification | branch |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |