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 |
|---|---|
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |