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 |
|---|---|
| broach | brooch |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |