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 |
|---|---|
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |