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 |
|---|---|
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |