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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| executor | one who executes something |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| kismet | fate |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| cipher | zero |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |