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 |
|---|---|
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| trance | stupor |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |