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 |
|---|---|
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |