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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| veracious | truthful |
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| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
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| pitfall | trap |