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 |
|---|---|
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |