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 |
|---|---|
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |