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 |
|---|---|
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| reverie | daydream |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |