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 |
|---|---|
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |