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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| reverie | daydream |
| dour | stern |