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 |
|---|---|
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| portly | dignified |
| quench | put out |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |