GRE Word List
AMPHITHEATER
an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles
The meaning of the word amphitheater is an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
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| forebears | ancestor |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |