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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| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
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| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
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