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 |
|---|---|
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| nib | bill |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |