GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| noisome | noxious |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| motley | variegated in color |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |