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 |
|---|---|
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| nourish | nurture |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| ram | a male sheep |