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 |
|---|---|
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |