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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WordMeaning
misogynista person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
incarcerateto put in prison
courtthe residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary
animusa usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will
episodicmade up of separate especially loosely connected episodes
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
marrowbone marrow