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 |
|---|---|
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |