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 |
|---|---|
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |