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 |
|---|---|
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| circlet | a little circle |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |