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 |
|---|---|
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| demise | death |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |