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 |
|---|---|
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| regime | regimen |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |