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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eventual | contingent |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |