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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| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
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| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |