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 |
|---|---|
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| concatenate | linked together |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |