oratorio

nounCommon GRE wordMore O words

a large-scale musical composition for orchestra and voices on a sacred or serious theme, performed without costumes or staging

In a sentence

Oratorio in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing oratorio in a sentence.

Handel's Messiah remains the most performed oratorio in the Western choral tradition.

Synonyms

cantatacompositionchoral work

Antonyms

None listed.

Keep going

a stupid, clumsy, or boorish person

stubbornly refusing to change one's mind or course of action

a gesture or attitude of deep respect or submission

showing deferential respect or submissive obedience

a tapering stone pillar with a pyramidal top, typically erected as a monument

grossly overweight to a degree that poses a health risk

to make something deliberately unclear or confusing

the act of making something deliberately unclear or confusing

Common questions

Oratorio (noun) means a large-scale musical composition for orchestra and voices on a sacred or serious theme, performed without costumes or staging

Here is oratorio used in an example sentence: "Handel's Messiah remains the most performed oratorio in the Western choral tradition."

Common synonyms for oratorio include cantata, composition, choral work.

Oratorio is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.