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 |
|---|---|
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| potentate | ruler |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| dowse | to plunge into water |