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 |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| opus | work |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |