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 |
|---|---|
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| mortician | undertaker |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |