GRE Word List
PROSODY
the study of versification
The meaning of the word prosody is the study of versification.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| cipher | zero |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| farce | stuff |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |