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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| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| urchin | hedgehog |