GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |