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 |
|---|---|
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| sledge | sledgehammer |