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
tridenta 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune)
fuss:trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
tatterto make ragged
practicablecapable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible
irreparablenot reparable : irremediable
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
pento shut in or as if in a pen
prefatoryof, relating to, or constituting a preface
overweeningarrogant