GRE Word List
ADAGE
a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation
The meaning of the word adage is a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |