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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |