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 |
|---|---|
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |