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 |
|---|---|
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| forlorn | bereft |
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| dingy | dirty |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| unfrock | defrock |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |