GRE Word List
CODA
a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure
The meaning of the word coda is a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| 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 |
| benison | blessing |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| executioner | one who executes |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |