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.

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dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
downcastlow in spirit : dejected
abscissionthe act or process of cutting off : removal
adjurationa solemn oath
congruentcongruous
warblea melodious succession of low pleasing sounds
sledgesledgehammer
gougea chisel with a concavo-convex cross section
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
distinctivemarking as separate or different : serving to distinguish