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 |
|---|---|
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| courier | messenger |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |