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 |
|---|---|
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| append | attach |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| auroral | dawn |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |