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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| transport | to transfer or convey from one place to another |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |