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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| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| disconsolate | cheerless |