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 |
|---|---|
| influx | a coming in |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |