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 |
|---|---|
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |