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 |
|---|---|
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| demise | death |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |