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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| Word | Meaning |
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| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |