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 |
|---|---|
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| arid | excessively dry |
| shove | to push along |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |