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 |
|---|---|
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| paltry | inferior |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |