GRE Word List

PITFALL

trap

The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.

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WordMeaning
adjacentnot distant : nearby
incrementthe amount or degree by which something changes
callusa thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark
decryto depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly
incognitowith one's identity concealed
predisposeto dispose in advance
fretto eat or gnaw into : corrode
rapporta friendly, harmonious relationship
gargoylea spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language