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
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| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| opulence | wealth |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |