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 |
|---|---|
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| brink | edge |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |