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 |
|---|---|
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |