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 |
|---|---|
| leave-taking | departure |
| sophist | philosopher |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| niggle | trifle |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |