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 |
|---|---|
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |