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 |
|---|---|
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| nourishment | food |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| vixen | a female fox |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |