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 |
|---|---|
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |