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 |
|---|---|
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| rescind | to take away : remove |