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 |
|---|---|
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| lewd | obscene |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |