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 |
|---|---|
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |