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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
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| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |