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 |
|---|---|
| osseous | bony |
| docile | easily taught |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| entity | being |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |