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 |
|---|---|
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |