GRE Word List

LEGATO

in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones)

The meaning of the word legato is in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones).

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proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
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