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
guffawa loud or boisterous burst of laughter
bodeto indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage
confinesomething (such as borders or walls) that encloses
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
willowyabounding with willows
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord
impietythe quality or state of being impious : irreverence
putridbeing in a state of putrefaction : rotten
novaa star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years
proprietythe quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness