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 |
|---|---|
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| malediction | curse |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |