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 |
|---|---|
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| hubbub | noise |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |