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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
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| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
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| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| yore | time past and especially long past |