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 |
|---|---|
| disclose | to make known or public |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |