GRE Word List

TRUISM

an undoubted or self-evident truth

The meaning of the word truism is an undoubted or self-evident truth.

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WordMeaning
ventto provide with a vent
nourishmentfood
marredto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
illimitableincapable of being limited or bounded : measureless
lacklusterlacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull
dysenterya disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection
ecologista branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments
thriveto grow vigorously : flourish
camaraderiea spirit of friendly good-fellowship