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 |
|---|---|
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| brazen | made of brass |
| random | a haphazard course |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
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| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |