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
rehabilitateto restore to a former capacity : reinstate
coddleto cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point
rotunditymarked by roundness : rounded
wagto be in motion : stir
enduringlasting
corporealhaving, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
chastento correct by punishment or suffering : discipline
polemican aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another