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 |
|---|---|
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |