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 |
|---|---|
| determinate | having defined limits |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| congruent | congruous |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| seasoned | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |