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 |
|---|---|
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |