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 |
|---|---|
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |