GRE Word List
TRUISM
an undoubted or self-evident truth
The meaning of the word truism is an undoubted or self-evident truth.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| gnarl | snarl |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |