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 |
|---|---|
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |