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 |
|---|---|
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |