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 |
|---|---|
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |