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 |
|---|---|
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| influx | a coming in |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |