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 |
|---|---|
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |