GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| enhance | heighten |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| microcosm | a little world |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |