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 |
|---|---|
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |