GRE Word List
PROSODY
the study of versification
The meaning of the word prosody is the study of versification.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| brook | creek |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| sibling | sib |