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 |
|---|---|
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |