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 |
|---|---|
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |