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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| significant | having meaning |