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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
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| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
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| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
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| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |