GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| farce | stuff |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |