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 |
|---|---|
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| paramour | lover |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |