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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WordMeaning
politypolitical organization
gildto overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold
choiran organized company of singers (as in a church service)
moratoriuma legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt
acclivityan ascending slope (as of a hill)
slipshodwearing loose shoes or slippers
waggishresembling or characteristic of a wag
proselytizeto induce someone to convert to one's faith
sapthe fluid part of a plant
tithea tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment