GRE Word List
SONNET
a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme
The meaning of the word sonnet is a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| duration | continuance in time |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| leave-taking | departure |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| extant | currently or actually existing |