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 |
|---|---|
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| ignite | to set afire |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| evenhanded | fair |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |