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 |
|---|---|
| calorific | caloric |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| novelty | something new or unusual |