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 |
|---|---|
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |