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 |
|---|---|
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
