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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| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
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