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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
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| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |