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 |
|---|---|
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| deify | to make a god of |