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 |
|---|---|
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| introvert | a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| foliage | a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| sybarite | voluptuary |