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 |
|---|---|
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| demented | mad |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| shove | to push along |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |