GRE Word List
STANZA
a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
The meaning of the word stanza is a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
---|---|
ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
institute | something that is instituted: such as |
susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |