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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careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
mayhemneedless or willful damage or violence
slapto strike sharply with or as if with the open hand
veracioustruthful
cresta showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration
provocativeserving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
impetusa driving force : impulse
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
meretriciousof or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution
pitfalltrap