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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| superannuated | outmoded |