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 |
|---|---|
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| amity | friendship |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |