Vocabulary Word
Word: truism
Definition: self-evident truth
Definition: self-evident truth
Sentences Containing 'truism'
This statement is indeed scarcely more than a truism, for if a variety were found to have a wider range than that of its supposed parent-species, their denominations would be reversed.
To those who are familiar with the original, it savours of truism or platitude to say so, for in truth there can be no thoroughly satisfactory translation of "Don Quixote" into English or any other language.
More Vocab Words
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::: minutiae - petty or trivial details; CF. minutia
::: betroth - become engaged to marry
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::: rudimentary - elementary; not developed; crude; N. rudiment: fundamental element or principle; Ex. rudiments of the language
