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 |
|---|---|
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |