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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| gazette | newspaper |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |