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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|---|---|
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |