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 |
|---|---|
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| spate | freshet |