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 |
|---|---|
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| privy | private |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |