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 |
|---|---|
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |