GRE Word List

TRUISM

an undoubted or self-evident truth

The meaning of the word truism is an undoubted or self-evident truth.

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WordMeaning
indignationanger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean
avuncularsuggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
impartialnot partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally
epica long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
comebacka sharp or witty reply : retort
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
antidotea remedy to counteract the effects of poison