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 |
|---|---|
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |