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 |
|---|---|
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| potentate | ruler |