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 |
|---|---|
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| charlatan | quack |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |