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 |
|---|---|
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| swill | wash |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |