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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nurture | training |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| misadventure | misfortune |