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 |
|---|---|
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
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