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 |
|---|---|
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| privy | private |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |