GRE Word List
CANTO
one of the major divisions of a long poem
The meaning of the word canto is one of the major divisions of a long poem.
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| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| defer | put off |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |