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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broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
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liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |