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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| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |