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 |
|---|---|
| unsavory | insipid |
| provident | frugal |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| submerge | to put under water |