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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rationalizeto bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as
amokan episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures
corporealhaving, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as
asymmetrichaving two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical
gibeto utter taunting words
reiterateto state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect
nostalgiaa wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
cadavera dead body
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
incursiona hostile entrance into a territory : raid