GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| environ | encircle |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |