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 |
|---|---|
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| amity | friendship |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |