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 |
|---|---|
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |