GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |