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 |
|---|---|
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| verge | brink |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |