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 |
|---|---|
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
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| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |