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 |
|---|---|
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| scintilla | spark |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| subsistence | real being : existence |