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 |
|---|---|
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |