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.

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WordMeaning
errantbehaving wrongly
corporealhaving, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as
cosmicof or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone
urgeto present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly
imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
bleakexposed and barren and often windswept
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
roseateresembling a rose especially in color
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
soliloquythe act of talking to oneself