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 |
|---|---|
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| grotto | cave |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |