GRE Word List

PROSODY

the study of versification

The meaning of the word prosody is the study of versification.

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perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
thronga multitude of assembled persons
apeany of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon)
pulpitan elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service
intrinsicbelonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing
endorseto write on the back of
pendulouspoised without visible support
largessliberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior
boorishresembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor