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 |
|---|---|
| laud | praise |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| drivel | nonsense |
| constraint | the act of constraining |