GRE Word List
LEGEND
a story coming down from the past
The meaning of the word legend is a story coming down from the past.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| encumber | weigh down |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |