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 |
|---|---|
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| spoof | deceive |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |