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 |
|---|---|
| alleviate | relieve |
| distend | extend |
| whimsy | whim |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| succor | relief |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| ramification | branch |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |