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 |
|---|---|
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| noisome | noxious |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |