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 |
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| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |