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 |
|---|---|
| beatific | giving or showing bliss; blissful |
| indignation | anger at an injustice; Ex. righteous indignation; ADJ. indignant |
| deface | mar; disfigure |
| bigotry | stubborn intolerance |
| facade | front or face (of building); superficial or false appearance |
| gestate | evolve as in prenatal growth; N. gestation: period of development from conception until birth |
| pandemonium | wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy disorder; CF. Paradise Lost |
| blackball | vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote |
| pediatrician | physician specializing in children's diseases; N. pediatrics |
| opiate | medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction; sleep-producing drug containing opium |