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 |
|---|---|
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |