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 |
|---|---|
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
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