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 |
|---|---|
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |