GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| endue | provide |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| passe | past one's prime |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |