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 | 
|---|---|
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ยน/โโ millimeter or less in diameter | 
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease | 
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory | 
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical | 
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry | 
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments | 
| rotunda | a round building | 
| grumble | to mutter in discontent | 
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech | 
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |