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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| catechism | oral instruction |