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 |
|---|---|
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |