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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|---|---|
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
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| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
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| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
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| gazette | newspaper |
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