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 |
|---|---|
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |