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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WordMeaning
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint
somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
tutelaryhaving the guardianship of a person or a thing
inklinga slight knowledge or vague notion
abateto decrease in force or intensity
transportto transfer or convey from one place to another
defunctno longer living, existing, or functioning
buxomvigorously or healthily plump
malaisean indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
earthlycharacteristic of or belonging to this earth