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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impartto give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store
motea small particle : speck
beelinea straight direct course
fatuouscomplacently or inanely foolish : silly
convertto bring over from one belief, view, or party to another
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
incubateto sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
expedientsuitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
sinistersingularly evil or productive of evil