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
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund
siftto put through a sieve
sanguinemarked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic
neophytea new convert : proselyte
decantto draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
dooma law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England
thronga multitude of assembled persons
subdueto conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish
comatoseof, resembling, or affected with coma
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as