GRE Word List
PITFALL
trap
The meaning of the word pitfall is trap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| niggle | trifle |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |