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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embitterto excite bitter feelings in
floweryof, relating to, or resembling flowers
capricea sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action
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acmethe highest point or stage