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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| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
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| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
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| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
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