GRE Word List

PITFALL

trap

The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.

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WordMeaning
podiuma low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
ineptgenerally incompetent : bungling
institutesomething that is instituted: such as
torpedoa weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as
slitherto slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface
ciliatedpossessing cilia
sarcasma sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain
expedientsuitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
deducibleto determine by reasoning or deduction