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 |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| duration | continuance in time |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |