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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leave-takingdeparture
sophistphilosopher
bizarrestrikingly out of the ordinary: such as
analogya comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect
patinaa usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color
plumea feather of a bird: such as
carafea bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine
reimburseto pay back to someone : repay
niggletrifle
gallbrazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence