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 |
|---|---|
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |