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 |
|---|---|
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |