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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| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| stench | stink |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| succor | relief |
| encompass | include |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
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| junket | trip |