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 |
|---|---|
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| categorical | absolute |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| sanction | a formal decree |