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 |
|---|---|
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| docile | easily taught |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |