GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |