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.
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| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |