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 |
|---|---|
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| clime | climate |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
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| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| distort | to twist (see twist |