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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WordMeaning
amiablefriendly, sociable, and congenial
vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
featurethe structure, form, or appearance especially of a person
moratoriuma legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt
chorethe regular or daily light work of a household or farm
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
caliberdegree of mental capacity or moral quality
imbecilitythe quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state