GRE Word List
BOMBARDMENT
a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones
The meaning of the word bombardment is a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
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| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| approbation | commendation |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |