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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WordMeaning
dummya person who is incapable of speaking
riftfissure
litanya prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation
paraphernaliathe separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
rotethe use of memory usually with little intelligence
tridenta 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune)
notorietythe quality or state of being notorious
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
liabilitythe quality or state of being liable
integralessential to completeness : constituent