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 |
|---|---|
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| pugilist | fighter |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| pending | during |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |