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 |
|---|---|
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| mulct | fine |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |