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 |
|---|---|
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| engender | beget |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |