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 |
|---|---|
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |