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 |
|---|---|
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| osseous | bony |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| harass | exhaust |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |