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 |
|---|---|
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |