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 |
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| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
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| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |