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 |
|---|---|
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| grudging | unwilling |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |