GRE Word List

PITFALL

trap

The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.

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corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
discomfitto put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert
indecisivemarked by or prone to indecision : irresolute
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