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 |
|---|---|
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |