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 |
|---|---|
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| clip | encompass |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |