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.
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Word | Meaning |
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fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |