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 |
|---|---|
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |