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 |
|---|---|
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |