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 |
|---|---|
| rift | fissure |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| lunar | crescent |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |