GRE Word List
STANZA
a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
The meaning of the word stanza is a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |