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 |
|---|---|
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |