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 |
|---|---|
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |