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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| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
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| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
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