GRE Word List

CANTATA

a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment

The meaning of the word cantata is a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment.

Random words

WordMeaning
annotateto make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment
elucidateto make lucid especially by explanation or analysis
awla pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
appreciateto grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of
engagingtending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive
vicaran ecclesiastical agent: such as
lodewaterway
eulogistica commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased
defaceto mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details