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 |
|---|---|
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |