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 |
|---|---|
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| dowse | to plunge into water |