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
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| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| motley | variegated in color |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |