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 |
|---|---|
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |