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 |
|---|---|
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| implode | to burst inward |
| ramification | branch |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| collate | to compare critically |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |