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 |
|---|---|
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| broach | brooch |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |