GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| pedestrian | commonplace |