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 |
|---|---|
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| bulk | magnitude |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |