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 |
|---|---|
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| conspire | plot |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |