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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WordMeaning
impecunioushaving very little or no money usually habitually : penniless
barragea dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation
woea condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief
memorializeto address or petition by a memorial
ideologya manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
leerysuspicious
precipitantprecipitate
mortifyto subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame
gerrymanderthe act or method of gerrymandering