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 |
|---|---|
| alleviate | relieve |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
