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 |
|---|---|
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| betray | to lead astray |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |