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 |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |