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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| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
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| leery | suspicious |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
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