GRE Word List
SAGA
a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland
The meaning of the word saga is a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invalid | not valid: |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| impinge | encroach |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |