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 |
|---|---|
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |