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 |
|---|---|
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |