GRE Word List
PROVERB
a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage
The meaning of the word proverb is a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| groom | bridegroom |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |