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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WordMeaning
tantruma fit of bad temper
surmountto prevail over : overcome
catharsispurification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art
aridexcessively dry
shoveto push along
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
paupera person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity
dilateto become enlarged or widened
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
somberso shaded as to be dark and gloomy