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 |
|---|---|
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| boor | peasant |
| expatriate | banish |