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 |
|---|---|
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| fabricate | invent |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |