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 |
|---|---|
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
