GRE Word List
ROSTRUM
an ancient Roman platform for public orators
The meaning of the word rostrum is an ancient Roman platform for public orators.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| duration | continuance in time |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| inopportune | inconvenient |