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 |
|---|---|
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |