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 |
|---|---|
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| pliant | pliable |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |