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 |
|---|---|
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| hirsute | hairy |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| replicate | duplicate |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |