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 |
|---|---|
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |