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 |
|---|---|
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |