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 |
|---|---|
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |