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 |
|---|---|
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |