GRE Word List

PITFALL

trap

The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.

Random words

WordMeaning
ecstasya state of overwhelming emotion
apothegma short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism
malaisean indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
lanknot well filled out : slender
obduratestubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
unfeignednot feigned or hypocritical : genuine
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
dummya person who is incapable of speaking
desiccateto dry up