GRE Word List

PITFALL

trap

The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.

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solventable to pay all legal debts
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menageriea place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
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saturnineborn under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn
surpassto become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed