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.

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WordMeaning
freebooterpirate
destitutelacking something needed or desirable
fissurea narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting
inverseopposite in order, nature, or effect
subdueto conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish
belaborto attack verbally
divulgeto make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)
charany of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic