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 |
|---|---|
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| debut | a first appearance |
| flighty | swift |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |