GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |