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 |
|---|---|
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| malediction | curse |