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 |
|---|---|
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| disport | sport |