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 |
|---|---|
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| feint | something feigned |
| license | permission to act |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| defer | put off |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |