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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| consort | associate |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| postulate | demand |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |