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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |