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 |
|---|---|
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |