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 |
|---|---|
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |