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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| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| collage | an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| encumber | weigh down |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |