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 |
|---|---|
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| 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 |
| quisling | traitor |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |