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 |
|---|---|
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| diadem | crown |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |