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 |
|---|---|
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |