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 |
|---|---|
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |