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 |
|---|---|
| cadaver | a dead body |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |