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 |
|---|---|
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |