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 |
|---|---|
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| lunar | crescent |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |