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 |
|---|---|
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |