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 |
|---|---|
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |