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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distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
nullifyto make null (see null
facadethe front of a building
contrivedhaving an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial
clandestinemarked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
volubleeasily rolling or turning : rotating
amalgamateto unite in or as if in an amalgam
entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result