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 |
|---|---|
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| succor | relief |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| raspy | harsh |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |