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 |
|---|---|
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |