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 |
|---|---|
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| submerge | to put under water |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| douse | to plunge into water |