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 |
|---|---|
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
| chafe | irritate |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |