GRE Word List
CANTO
division of a long poem
The meaning of the word canto is division of a long poem.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amenities | convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies |
| taciturn | habitually silent; talking little |
| partisan | one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party (with dislike of any others); N: strong supporter of a party; guerrilla |
| fluency | smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent |
| balmy | soft and mild (of air); fragrant |
| superimpose | place over something else |
| lode | metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore) |
| allegory | story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable |
| crust | hard outer covering (as of earth or snow) |
| checkered | marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares |
