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 |
|---|---|
| omnipotent | almighty |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| spoof | deceive |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |