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 |
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vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
dys- | abnormal |
insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
urchin | hedgehog |
canker | an erosive or spreading sore |