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 |
|---|---|
| dire | exciting horror |
| hortatory | hortative |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| giddy | dizzy |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |