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 |
|---|---|
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |