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 |
|---|---|
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| brawny | muscular |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |