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 |
|---|---|
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| purported | reputed |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |