GRE Word List

PROSODY

the study of versification

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

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leveea reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed
pliablesupple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking
feintsomething feigned
tethera line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement
dregssediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate
galvanicof, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
voluptuoussuggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
cherubican order of angels see celestial hierarchy