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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| fervid | very hot : burning |