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 |
|---|---|
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| antecede | precede |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |