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 |
|---|---|
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| concur | to express agreement |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |