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 |
|---|---|
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| raiment | clothing |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |