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 |
|---|---|
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| laud | praise |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |