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 |
|---|---|
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |