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 |
|---|---|
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |