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 |
|---|---|
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| martial | of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |