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 |
|---|---|
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |