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 |
|---|---|
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |