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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| reek | smoke |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |