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 |
|---|---|
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |