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 |
|---|---|
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| violate | break |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |