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 |
|---|---|
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |