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 |
|---|---|
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |