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 |
|---|---|
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |