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 |
|---|---|
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |