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 |
|---|---|
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| charlatan | quack |