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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| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
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| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |