GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| descry | to catch sight of |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| inopportune | inconvenient |