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 |
|---|---|
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
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| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
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| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |