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 |
|---|---|
| polity | political organization |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |