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 |
|---|---|
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |