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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |