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
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
succorrelief
reinstateto place again (as in possession or in a former position)
abolishto end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul
genuflectto bend the knee
paranoiamental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
raspyharsh
inordinateexceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
inevitableincapable of being avoided or evaded