GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| violate | break |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |