GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| passe | past one's prime |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |