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
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futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
guileless | innocent |
distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
pendant | something suspended: such as |
tawny | of the color tawny |
libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |