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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |