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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| juncture | a point of time |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |