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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encompassinclude
shrewdmarked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen
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savorthe taste or smell of something
indemnifyto secure against hurt, loss, or damage
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
protuberancesomething that is protuberant
pinnaclean upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual