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 |
|---|---|
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |