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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sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
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apprehendarrest
overweeningarrogant
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
prolificproducing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful
retortto pay or hurl back : return
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