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 |
|---|---|
| dolt | a stupid person |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |