GRE Word List
PROSODY
the study of versification
The meaning of the word prosody is the study of versification.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |