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 |
|---|---|
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| recast | to cast again |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| onus | burden |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |