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 |
|---|---|
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |