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 |
|---|---|
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| abnegation | denial |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |