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

WordMeaning
militantengaged in warfare or combat : fighting
fussyeasily upset : irritable
infidelone who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity
snickerto laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter
tumultdisorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion
elegya poem in elegiac couplets
underscoreto draw a line under : underline
hordea political subdivision of central Asian nomads
aeriethe nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop
grategrating