GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |