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 |
|---|---|
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| manumit | to release from slavery |