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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WordMeaning
gobbleto swallow or eat greedily
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
fancyto have a fancy (see fancy
bombastpretentious inflated speech or writing
ubiquitousexisting or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread
incontinentnot continent: such as
waiveto relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
agglomerationthe action or process of collecting in a mass