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 |
|---|---|
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |