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 |
|---|---|
| scotch | scottish |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| guileless | innocent |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |