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 |
|---|---|
| whittle | a large knife |
| ramification | branch |
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| precipitous | precipitate |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
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| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |