GRE Word List
LEGACY
a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest
The meaning of the word legacy is a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| sentinel | sentry |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| harass | exhaust |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |