GRE Word List
TREAD
to step or walk on or over
The meaning of the word tread is to step or walk on or over.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| prosody | the study of versification |