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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| spoof | deceive |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| inopportune | inconvenient |