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 |
|---|---|
| fiend | devil |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |