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GRE WORDS 4C
NAMES, MYTHS, LEGENDS, PLACES AND LITERATURE
Question | Answer |
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NARCISSISM | SELF-LOVE AND ADMIRATION; EXTREME EGOTISM |
NEMESIS | A RELENTLESS PURSUER OF EVIL-DOER; SOMEONE'S JINX, BANE |
PAEAN | A HYMN OR SONG OF PRAISE |
PHOENIX | SYMBOL OF IMMORTALITY; SOMETHING THAT DIED AND WAS REBORN |
POLLYANNA | SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS SEES ONLY THE GOOD SIDE OF THINGS |
PROTEAN | ASSUMING MANY SHAPES AND FORMS; ADAPTABLE |
PYRRHIC | DESCRIBING A DUBIOUS VICTORY, WHEN MORE HAS BEEN LOST THAN GAINED. |
QUIXOTIC | IDEALISTIC AND IMPRACTICAL (opp. OF PRAGMATIC) |
RODOMONTADE | BOASTING, EMPTY BLUSTER; BRAVADO (FALSE BRAVERY) |