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 |
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| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| environ | encircle |
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| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |