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 |
|---|---|
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |