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 |
|---|---|
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| paradigm | example |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |