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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WordMeaning
incrementthe amount or degree by which something changes
daintysomething delicious to the taste
savoryhaving savor: such as
succulentfull of juice : juicy
perspicuityplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
singularof or relating to a separate person or thing : individual
supplantto supersede (another) especially by force or treachery
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype