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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WordMeaning
translucentpermitting the passage of light:
denounceto pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil
wanderluststrong longing for or impulse toward wandering
nascentcoming or having recently come into existence
buffoona ludicrous figure : clown
momentuma property (see property
dulcetsweet to the taste
oscillateto swing backward and forward like a pendulum
nutrientfurnishing nourishment
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric