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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| swill | wash |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |