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 |
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| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |