GRE Word List

STACCATO

cut short or apart in performing : disconnected

The meaning of the word staccato is cut short or apart in performing : disconnected.

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WordMeaning
championa winner of first prize or first place in competition
downcastlow in spirit : dejected
garbledmade unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up
bombasticmarked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous
balefuldeadly or pernicious in influence
lancea steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry
whiffa quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
etymologythe 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
cogitateto ponder or meditate on usually intently