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 |
|---|---|
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| mulct | fine |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |