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 |
|---|---|
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| inequity | injustice |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| dynamo | generator |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |