GRE Word List
CATAPULT
an ancient military device for hurling missiles
The meaning of the word catapult is an ancient military device for hurling missiles.
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| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| purported | reputed |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |