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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prophylacticguarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection
amphitheateran oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles
agrarianof or relating to fields or lands or their tenure
libidoinstinctual 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
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
buccaneerany of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies
durationcontinuance in time
epauletsomething that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as
testatora person who dies leaving a will or testament in force
inopportuneinconvenient