GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| retrench | cut down |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
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| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |