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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implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
imperialof, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor
perverseturned away from what is right or good : corrupt
perversionthe action of perverting : the condition of being perverted
infinitesimalimmeasurably or incalculably small
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
meticulousmarked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details
austerestern and cold in appearance or manner
porouspossessing or full of pores
frivolousof little weight or importance