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 |
|---|---|
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| skimp | skimpy |
| exegesis | exposition |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |