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 |
|---|---|
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| galvanic | of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity |
| overthrow | overturn |