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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| overthrow | overturn |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |