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 |
|---|---|
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| impuissance | weakness |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |