GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| harass | exhaust |
| nexus | connection |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |