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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| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| diva | prima donna |