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 |
|---|---|
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| unsavory | insipid |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| combustible | capable of combustion |