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 |
|---|---|
| fell | skin |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |