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 |
|---|---|
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| guileless | innocent |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |