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 |
|---|---|
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |