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.

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WordMeaning
callousbeing hardened and thickened
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
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portlydignified
monochromea painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue
stygianof or relating to the river Styx
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
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pernicioushighly injurious or destructive : deadly
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