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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WordMeaning
dissonancelack of agreement
somberso shaded as to be dark and gloomy
uncannyseeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie
stinta period of time spent at a particular activity
contingentdependent on or conditioned by something else
insurgenta person who revolts against civil authority or an established government
divulgeto make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)
centaurany of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
holocausta sacrifice (see sacrifice
piqueto excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff